The New International Encyclopaedia, Volume 4

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Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby
Dodd, Mead, 1906
 

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Page 102 - CAMPBELL : — THE NATURE OF THE ATONEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO REMISSION OF SINS AND ETERNAL LIFE. Fourth and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo. 6s. "Among the first theological treatises of this generation.
Page 398 - Bishops, priests, and deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from Marriage : therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness.
Page 364 - A CAUSE is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other.
Page 364 - We have no other notion of cause and effect, but that of certain objects, which have been always conjoin'd together, and which in all past instances have been found inseparable. We cannot penetrate into the reason of the conjunction.
Page 234 - ... to increase the efficiency of the universities and other institutions of learning throughout the country by utilizing and adding to their existing facilities and aiding teachers in the various institutions for experimental and other work in these institutions as far as advisable...
Page 234 - It is proposed to found in the city of Washington, an institution which with the co-operation of institutions now or hereafter established, there or elsewhere, shall in the broadest and most liberal manner encourage investigation, research, and discovery — show the application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind, provide such buildings, laboratories, books, and apparatus, as may be needed ; and afford instruction of an advanced character to students properly qualified to profit thereby.
Page 232 - America) 2 to 3% feet high, with a branching ' stem, opposite linear leaves, terminal flowers, and blossoming in England from June to August. The clove-like fragrance of the flowers gave to the plant its specific name caryophylhis (clove-tree, Caryophyllus aromaticvs).
Page 65 - Wilson, Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe (London, 1830) ; Spence, Anecdotes, 2d ed.
Page 118 - Loans' and ' Redemption ' include the deposits in and withdrawals from the Post Office and Government Savings Banks, the amount on deposit forming part of the floating or unfunded debt of the country. Under the head of ' Open Accounts' are included investments, trust funds, Province accounts, and expenditure on capital account on public works.
Page 206 - A gaseous compound of carbon and oxygen. It does not occur naturally, but may be observed burning with a pale-blue flame in fireplaces lind stoves.

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